Quotes About Honesty

If we show our poem to our friend and our friend says, It's wonderful, I love it, that's not real-world feedback, that's our friend being nice to us. Nothing is as empowering as real- world validation, even if it's for failure.

victim act is a form of passive aggression. It seeks to achieve gratification not by honest work or a contribution made out of one's experience or insight or love, but by the manipulation of others through

Lord, show me how to gird up the core of my being with Your truth so that I don't fall into deception of any kind. Teach me to not only know Your truth, but to live in

Mitt Romney stepped forward and called out Trump for what he clearly was—"a phony, a fraud.

But there is a long history within the far right of right-wing media positioning itself as the only true and honest media. To promote a world viewpoint distinct from that shared by the majority, it was critical to assert that everyone else simply didn't have the correct information on which to base decisions. That is a far easier task than accusing most of the country of being crazy.

a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth

The truth isn't always nice. It isn't always small enough to absorb at once. Sometimes the truth washes over you and threatens to take you right down with it.

The cold hard truth will fall on stony ground, whereas your all-around trashy rumor will flourish like a weed.

Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.

I can't stand a man who fawns, you know what I mean? I can't stand a man sucking up to me, but he was the kind who took you right on the floor and he didn't even look at you afterwards when he zipped up his pants.

The louder he proclaims his honesty, the faster we count the silver.

The tricky part of any lie is trying to figure out how you'd behave if you were innocent.

I may have people lying to me, but since I don't really know the truth, I can't be sure.

It's been my observation, after years in the business, that a certain percent of the population simply can't resist the urge to cheat.

nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it

How can you trust someone who doesn't bother to spell correctly or can't manage to lay out a simple declarative sentence?

There's release in knowing the truth no matter how anguishing it is. You come finally to the irreducible thing, and there's nothing left to do but pick it up and hold it. Then, at last, you can enter the severe mercy of acceptance.

She didn't even know how dangerous the truth could be, all the tiny, shattering seeds it carried.

I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away.

Grandmotherhood initiated me into a world of play, where all things became fresh, alive, and honest again through my grandchildren's eyes. Mostly, it retaught me love.

Journal became a sanctuary where I could pour out in honesty my pain and joy. It recorded my footsteps and helped me understand where I was standing, where I had been, and even where God pointed.

Whatever else you do, listen to your Deepest Self. Love Her and be true to Her, speak Her truth, always.

The truth may set you free, but first it will shatter the safe, sweet way you live.

When he spoke, the roughness was gone from his voice. I could tell you I did it. That's what you wanna hear. I could tell you she did it to herself, but both ways I'd be lying. It was you who did it, Lily. You didn't mean it, but it was you.